Jane Goodall is a British primatologist who has spent her career studying chimpanzees and apes in their natural habitats. In 1960 at age 26, she traveled to what is now Tanzania with just a notebook and binoculars to observe chimpanzees. Through patient observation, she became accepted by a chimpanzee troop and made several important discoveries, including that chimpanzees make and use tools, communicate emotionally, and work together in groups to solve problems. These findings challenged existing beliefs that only humans exhibited such behaviors.

1. Science Corner!
Day 3

2. Scientist of the Day
Jane Goodall

3. Jane Goodall is a British
scientist who has spent her
life finding out how
chimpanzees and apes survive
in the wild.
As Goodall studies apes and
chimpanzees, she is called a
primatologist – ‘primas’ is the
latin for first. Monkeys,
chimpanzees and apes are all
called ‘primates’ as
evolutionary theory suggests
that monkeys are the ’first’
step in human evolution.

4. In July 1960, at the age of 26,
Jane Goodall traveled from
England to what is today
Tanzania and bravely entered
the little-known world of wild
chimpanzees. She was
equipped with nothing more
than a notebook and a pair of
binoculars.
She managed to become a
member of a chimpanzee
family or ‘troop’ by being kind,
and respectful of the ways of
the chimpanzee.

5. During her research, Jane
discovered three very important
things:
• Chimpanzees could make tools
for grooming and scavenging
from twigs.
• Chimpanzees communicated
feelings through hugs, kisses,
slaps and punches.
• Chimpanzees worked as a group
to solve problems.
These findings were amazing to
scientists as they believed that
only humans could act like thi.

8. Space Facts
• Footprints and tyre tracks left behind
by astronauts on the moon will stay
there forever as there is no wind to
blow them away.
• Jupiter's 4 biggest moons are named
Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io.
• Halley’s Comet was last seen in the
inner Solar System in 1986, it will be
visible again from Earth sometime in
2061 (get your camera ready).
• Because of lower gravity, a person
who weighs 100kg on earth would only
weigh 38kg on the surface of Mars.
• The first man made object sent into
space was in 1957 when the Russian
satellite named Sputnik was launched.
• The first animal in space was a
Russian dog named Laika.

10. Science Picture of the Day

11. Say hello to the ‘Deepsea Challenger’!
On March 26th 2012, James Cameron (the man who
directed Titanic) navigated this submarine down to
the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest
place on Earth hidden under a huge volume of water.
This had not been done since 1960.
It took Cameron over 70 minutes to travel the 7
miles down to the bottom of Earth to take videos
and to collect scientific data of the plant and animal
life that live in this deep and dark place.